Both Sides Now
I am the by-product of my parents’ extra-marital affair. Both of them had spouses at the time. My birth-mother got pregnant and had to tell her husband as he was overseas when I was conceived so there was no way I was his. A few months after I was born, they decided not to divorce their spouses.
I was given to my grandparents on my mother’s side. Throughout this, my birth father was secretly paying child support without his wife’s knowledge. Both my parents had other children.
My dad’s side knows nothing about me but my siblings on my mom’s side were told that I am adopted by my grandparents. Recently I decided that I wanted to know more about my dad’s family and I sent friend requests to one of my siblings and my dad so I could get to know him.
He freaked out and contacted my birth mom and they asked to speak to me over Skype. They both told me that they couldn’t risk staying in contact with me and told me that they were going no-contact and to please respect it and move on with my life. Well, I did pretty much the opposite.
I contacted my dad’s wife and shared screenshots of our conversations and told her everything. She is now divorcing him, while on my mother’s side I told both my siblings, who then went on to tell the extended family—including her husband’s side.
So now they are separated and my siblings hate my mother. Currently, the lives of my siblings on both sides have been upturned and after the satisfaction has worn off, I feel like I unnecessarily hurt them through my parents. Story credit: Reddit / childgonenuclear